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Employers court laid-off L’Auberge workers during job fair
A handful of local employers attended a job fair L’Auberge Casino and Hotel held last Thursday for the 161 workers the casino laid off...
Planning director search begins after being delayed by pandemic
Eight months after East Baton Rouge Parish Planning Director Frank Duke resigned, the search to replace him is underway.
The city-parish posted the job description...
BRAC analysis: Baton Rouge Black-owned businesses hit especially hard
More than half (59%) of local Black-owned businesses have experienced a large negative effect from COVID-19, compared with just 38% nationally—a 55% greater impact...
Virus roundup …
• Louisiana reported 622 new COVID-19 cases today and 18 additional deaths marking a total of 4,623 fatalities. Hospitalizations have dropped to 939, WBRZ-TV...
b1BANK grows while maintaining its community business focus
Though b1BANK is now the second-largest Louisiana-based bank, its leaders chuckle at any notion that the financial institution’s recent name change signals a future...
Roundup: Tropical storm update / Zoom outages / AP football poll
Bullet dodged: Tropical Storm Marco began falling apart today, easing one threat to the Gulf Coast but setting the stage for the arrival of...
Storm prep brings surge in business to local supermarkets
Local supermarkets that have been operating in pandemic mode for the past five months kicked into even higher gear over the weekend, as customers began preparing for a possible one-two punch from back-to-back hurricanes.
Baton Rouge area July home sales jump nearly 30% year-over-year
Capital Region residential home sales continued to climb in July after historic lows earlier in the spring.
More than 1,400 deals closed last month, a...
Land, ho: Hollywood Casino to move off the river in 2022
Hollywood Casino of Baton Rouge has gotten the green light to move its gaming facility on land, the casino owner Gaming and Leisure Properties...
With Wicker out of Baton Rouge mayor’s race, who benefits?
The Louisiana Supreme Court’s decision today to uphold a lower court ruling that disqualifies outgoing Metro Council member Tara Wicker from the Baton Rouge mayor’s race likely benefits incumbent Mayor Sharon Weston Broome more than any of the other six candidates in the crowded field, according to political experts.
Virus roundup …
• Louisiana is reporting 1,093 new COVID-19 cases today, bringing the total to 141,720 since March. There were 50 additional deaths, increasing the statewide...
Roundup: Storms threaten / I-10 wreck cleared / Super Bowl commercials
Potential Gulf hurricanes: Two tropical systems could become nearly simultaneous threats to the Gulf Coast early next week. They could even get sucked into...
Baton Rouge posts job gains in July, but state’s weekly initial jobless claims rise
Baton Rouge gained 8,900 jobs from June to July, but lost 27,700 jobs from July 2019, according to preliminary July 2020 data released today by the U.S. Bureau of Labor and Statistics, which shows Louisiana’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate at 9.4%.
Relief Telemed providing COVID-19 testing at LSU this fall
Baton Rouge-based Relief Telemed has landed a contract with LSU to provide COVID-19 testing to LSU students, faculty and staff through four on-campus sites...
Louisiana health department asks to reopen bids for Medicaid contracts
The Louisiana Department of Health wants to seek new bids for multibillion-dollar Medicaid contracts managing the health care of 1.5 million people, in an...
CPAs advising some clients not to bother with Trump’s payroll tax deferral
Nearly two weeks after President Trump issued an executive order extending unemployment benefits and deferring payroll taxes for employees, the federal government has yet...
Ochsner study: COVID-19 has infected 6.6% of Baton Rouge-area residents
Some 6.6% of residents in Ascension, East Baton Rouge, Livingston and West Baton Rouge parishes are estimated to have been infected by the novel...
BRG’s Ascension Neighborhood Hospital to begin opening in October
Baton Rouge General plans to open its Ascension Neighborhood Hospital later this fall, with the second-floor primary care clinic slated for an October opening.
Meanwhile,...
Virus roundup …
• Louisiana is reporting 1,034 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total to 140,821. There were 28 additional deaths, raising the statewide total to...
Roundup: Derrius Guice / Delayed recovery / E-commerce boom
Follow-up: LSU said today it will investigate how those associated with the university lodge complaints about assaults. The administration vowed to inquire more about...
